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ALBERT o. BARLEY, or xALAMAzoo. MICHIGAN.

WINDSHIELD.

Application tiled June 14, 1919. SerialjNobttQftI?.

To all whom z' may concern:

Ee it known that I, ALBERT C. BARLEY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVindshields, 0f which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a vehicle, such as an automobile, with a windshield which can be brought into position for protecting the passengers or folded and lowered into a pocket where it will be completely concealed and protected from the weather. A further object is to provide a wind-shield so constructed that it can be conveniently brought into use or packed away, and be of substantial construction and of minimum obstruction to the passengeis.

In the accompanying three sheets of drawings Figure l is a transverse section through a vehicle body on the line I- I of Fig. 3 showing a wind-shield in accordance with this invention with an endless chain lifting mechanism lowered in a pocket in the back of the forward seat, the back being broken away. Y

F1 2 is a transverse section through the vehic e body on the line-IIII of Fig. 3 showing the wind-shield in its position for use. Y

'Fig 8 is a longitudinal section through the vehicle body on the line III- III of Fig. 2 showing the wind-shield in position for use.

Fig. 4 is a view from. the rear of a modified form with a strap for lifting the windshield fiom the pocket.

Fig. 5 is a perspective of the plate which carries the bolts for latching the side wings against the central panel.

Fig. 6 is a pe ctive of one of the bolts for holdingr the side wings when unfolded.

The back of the forward seat 5 of the vehicle body is provided with an upwardly opening pocket 6 which is capable of containing al wind-shield which consists of a central panel 7 to the vertical margins of which side wings 8', 8 are connected by continuous hinges 9, 9 so that there will be no gaps along the lines of connection. The side wings can be folded against the rear of the central panel and opened rearwardly therefrom. .Each sidefwing carries at its outer edgea'springsbarrel 10 with a bolt 11 which is forced downwardly by a spring 12 within the barrel. Y Tothelower margin of the central panel at its middle is attached a bracket 13 provided with holes 'which are engaged by the'bo'fts-bywhich the wings are att-ached to the central lpanel when folded against it.. On the top of each side of thevehicle body at any suitable point, forexam le, back of the door to the rear seat, isa pate 14 with a hole in position to be engaged by the said bolt, by which means thefs'ide wing is attached to the side of the 'i're'hicle body when unfolded. To h,the lowermargin of the central panel a plate-15 witli, ,ia'horizontal s'ot is attached thereby making this slot an operative part of thecentral ariel. This, plate is is of one piece with the. racket to which the side wings are bolted. Therear wall of the pocket is recessed to receive an endless chain 16 with a verticalrunwhich passes around a small upper sprocket anda larger lower sprocket 18'. Thecha'incarries a pin 19 which engagesfthe ySlot of the central panel. The extent of the slot' permits the portion of the chain which carries the pin to pass around the lower sprocket to its lowest point, and around the up er sprocketa little beyond the highest point. l Connected with the upper sprocket is a gear 20- and meshing with this gear is a pinion 21 which is con nected with a crank handle 22 projecting from the back of the seat.

Turning the crank to raise the wind-shield carries the pin upward With the vertical run of the chain and around the upper arc of the upper sprocket. 0n continuing the movement past4 shield is lowered slightly and the pin is stopped by the end of the horizontal slot before it hasf passed around the sprocket sutiiciently to reach theV descending run and becomes automatically locked by the weight of the wind-shield. Turning the crank in the opposite direction carries the pin back around the upper arc, thus automatically unlocking the wind-shield from its raised position preparatory to lowering'it.

Extension slides 23, 23 are attached to the central panel and form extensions downwardly of its vertical margins and thereby lengthen the guide of the wind-shield in the pocket and hold the wind-shield in line with the highest point the windthe pocket when it is raised. They are as no thick as the combined'thickness of the central panel and the 'side' l,Wings `folded against it. l-land screws 24,24 through the back ot the pocket mayA beset up to clamp the guides to prevent'rattling and to secure the wind-shield Inorev firmly in its raised position at the top of the pocket. in proportioning parts the dimensions should be such that the wind-shield may be raised to a position to permit the side Wings to clear the rear wall ofthe pocket so that they may be unfolded. No free air space, however, should be present beneath the central panel in its raised position, and to this end l have illustrated the central panel as not raised entirely out 'of the pocket but overlapping the front Wall of the pocket with a fairly tight joint, (see particularly Fig, A flap closes the pocket when the Windshield is Within.

ln the modilied form shown in Figs. 4, and (3. the side wings when in the pocket are held against the central panel by bolts Q6. 2G upwardly pressed by springs 27, 27 carried by a plate attached to the lower rail of the central panel. The unfolded Wings are held in place by bolts 2S. 2S with forked ends which engage the lower rails of the side wings. These bolts are upwardly pressed by springs 29, 29 and are supported from any part of the car body, as for example trom the back of the seat, which will bring them in a suitableI position t'or holding the side Wings. Provision is made for latching down these bolts when not in use. rlFhe Wind-shield is raised from the pocket by drawing on a strap 30 the end of Which is attached to the bottom rail of the central panel, and the shield is secured in its raised position by tightening the hand screws, or

by resting the ends of the extension slides on the ledge 3l.

@n raising the Awind-shield by the strap, when, the lower end ot the guiding means clears the ledge the wind-shield tilts back- 0lz the guiding means automatically engage the ledge and lock the Wind-shield in its raised position.

The 'foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding and no undue limitation should be deduced therefrom but the appended claim should be construed as broadly as permissible in View ot the prior art.`

What l claim iszln a vehicle Wind-shield. the combination with a panel movable into and out of operative position, of an endless driving element, means for operating the latter. a pin carried bythe endless driving element, a plate carried by the central panel and provided with a'slot conlined to a single pla-ne and within which the pin operates. the slot being so proportioned in length as to haye one end thereol2 engaged bythe pin when the latter has passed in one direc-tion over the peak ot the cndlessf'driying element.. to thereby automatically lock the central panel in raised position under its own unintluenced weight and within its plane of movement, guide means confining the panel to a. single plane` of movement, side Wings hinged to the panel and capable of folding in adjacent to the panel. securing means carried by the wings, and securing means carried by the said plate and engageable by the securing means carried by the wings.

ALBERT o. Banter.

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